Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Woman behind the Successful Man

I believe this quote is not new to anyone. I happened to watch an episode of <<美人心计>>
on SCV n I found it v interesting. I went to Wiki to read up on the show since I dun haf time to sit in front of the TV. Its basically revolves ard the empress of Han Wen Di, the emperor in Eastern Han Dynasty.

As usual, this show revolves n exihibits the difficulties a woman faces esp when she has to juggle family, career, status, power struggle, love etc. Its quite informative n gives a number of diff perspectives. However, what caught my attention was the lyrics of the ending theme song <<椒房殿>>. Quite interesting that the song is named as such. Cos actually 椒房殿 is the name of the Empress Palace in Han Dynasty. Wherever the empress stays, her palace will be named as such. Thus, this song actually has a hint of the power struggles n e route towards being an empress.
It also shows tt every concubine wants to become empress so tt they can Move into tt particular palace.

The lyrics of the song is super nice. Pls refer to them below. =)
最初的那一眼 最缠绵
擦肩而过的 岂止是誓言
温柔地贴烫着 我的脸
忘记了所有 的时间

昨夜的梦里面 太缱绻
黄花飘落的 岂止是衣边
纠缠在一起 不想成仙
最爱的人 不在身边

椒房殿 长门怨 落花吹满天
寂寞的春蚕 苦作茧
岁岁又年年 太眷恋太疯颠
扯不断的线 残破的书记不下一个个红颜